Support



F. JACOBS Get. 8, 1929.

SUPPORT Filed April 20, 1927 Patented Oct. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES FREDJACOBS, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

snrronr Application filed April 20,

My present invention relates to an improved support which while capableof use in a variety of ways, is especially designed and adapted for usein the kitchen in connection with the ordinary type of household standboiler or hot water boiler of cylindrical shape in which the water isheated from the kitchen range or furnace and through pipe connections tothe stand boiler.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a convenient andreadily accessible support upon which various kitchen articles and otherhousehold articles may be supported or suspended, and while thussuspended or supported, dried by radiation of heat from the hot water inthe stand boiler.

Means are provided for suspending hand towels, tea towels, wash cloths,and various types of garments for personal wear from the support to bedried or warmed, and a variety of hooks or suspending devices areutilized on the support to accommodate dilferent shapes and forms ofarticles. The invention consists in certain combinations and.arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more specifically pointedout and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combinedand arranged according to the best mode I have thus far devised for thepractical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a support embodying my invention andshown attached in operative position about the exterior of a standboiler.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the support, detached.

section of the clamp ring or support, partly broken away, and showing apair of locking slots therein.

Figure 3 is a face view of a portion of the main section of the ring orsupport, showing its locking head for use with the slotted section inFigure 3.

Figure 4 is a perspective detail view of one of the rigid hooks and itsadjustable brackethanger used on the ring.

Figure 3 is an exterior face view of one 1927. Serial No. 185,183.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the adjustable bracket hangershaving a foldable'or pivoted suspension arm.

In order that the general arrangement and relation of parts may beunderstood I have shown in Figure 1 a usual type of stand boiler orcylinder S about the exterior of which the support of my invention is tobe secured in desired position so that it will be accessible for use. r

The support includes "an annular band, preferably of metal, that isprovided with means for clamping it on the stand boiler, and forconvenience in attaching or applying the annular band about the exteriorofthe stand boiler the band is made up of a main section 1 and anadjusting section 2. These sections are fashioned with complementary endflanges 3 and 4 that are provided with holes for a pairof clamp bolts 5,and by means of the nuts 6 on the bolts the latter are made to clamp thesupport or annular band in fixed position on the stand boiler.

The annular band is adjustable for use with stand boilers of varioussizes, and for this F purpose the short section 2 is provided with asomewhat circular head 7 that is fashioned with a pair of ears 8, 8forming horizontal notches 9, 9 between the head and the tapered end 10of the section 2. This head 7 and its f ears 8, 8, that are slightlyoffset from the inner face of the head, are adapted to co-act with aselected one of a plurality of verti-, cally arranged slots 11, spacedapart and located near the end of the main section.

For locking the main section and the adjusting section together, thehead 7 is slipped, from the exterior, through one of the slots, with itsears 8, 8, to the inner side of the slotted end of the main section, andthe offset ears 8, 8, project past the slot, similar to hooks, toprevent unlocking of these parts. After the approximate diameter of thesupport has thus been provided, it is clamped on the stand boiler, as inFigure 1, by the U use of the bolts or screws flanges 3 and 4.

For use with the annular band I employ clips as 12 and 13, made of metaland adapted 5 and nuts 6 in the to straddle the upper edge of theannular 1 band. These clips or bracket-hangers are preferably ofinverted U-shape and lit the V band in such manner'as to permit readyadjustment by sliding around the band, but at the same time engage theband with sufficient friction as to retain them in proper position foruse. p

The adjustable bracket-hangers 12 are provided with fixed hooks 14secured to the hangers as by rivets or screws 15. The adjustablebracket-hangers 13 are provided with foldable or swinging bracket arms16 having angular stems 17 supported to swing or turn in thehinge-keepers 18. These hinge-keepers or sockets are preferablyfashioned of walls that are integral With the bracket-hanger 13 which isslotted for the purpose and then the wall 18 is punched therefrom, orfashioned in other suitable manner to provide a support for the stem 17of the bracket arm.

The bracket-hangers 12 and 13 may be slid around the band to desiredposition or location, and the pivoted bracket arms 16 may be turned todesired position for best supporting or suspending the article.

If desired, additional hooks as 19 may be attached, as by rivets, to theexterior'face of the band for use in some instances for the convenienceof the housekeeper.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent is-' A bracket, for sl'id'able use on asupport, comprising an inverted U-shaped hanger, said hanger having apair of spaced slots and a vertical supporting wall punched therefrom,

and an angular bracket arm pivoted in said wall.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

. 4 FRED JACOBS,

